Having a good credit score can save you hundreds, even thousands of dollars on credit cards, mortgages and other loans.

CEO William Lansing has burnished the credit score’s dominance and pushed through price hikes, making a bundle for long-term shareholders and himself an almost-billionaire. In January 2012, the ...

As you get familiar with your credit, you’ll quickly realize multiple types of scores exist. Although both FICO scores and ...

Mortgage lenders will soon have a new way to assess borrowers applying for government-backed loans. That sent the stock of America’s biggest credit score company plunging Tuesday. Federal Housing ...

The way your credit score is calculated may change this fall. The Fair Isaac Corp. — commonly known as FICO — announced in June a new version of its scoring algorithms to include buy-now-pay-later ...

It’s the Bigfoot of the financial world; a perfect credit score. AKA, the highest score a person can get. This mythical and elusive number for the FICO Score is 850. And, for those unaware, FICO ...

Changes in the way credit scores are determined are on their way. The change means that millions of people could end up paying more when they take out a loan. FICO scores are used to assess a consumer ...

Credit scores don’t matter unless you’re trying to get a loan, rent an apartment, secure insurance, buy a home, avoid paying a deposit to utility companies, or even land some jobs. OK. Unless you’re ...